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f rC ,1 • } V-'ii-rV M • i'# *> w TRADITIONS OF THE KAILS. » fftflllUlloai tli»t Obtain In Many Fan of Ihe World. Considerable care and attention 'have always been paid to the nails, and many curious ideas and beliefs v itli regard to them exist, even among our own peo- jple. ^ A carious Jewish tradition reports that Adam was entirely clothed in a hard, horny skin and only lost it and became subject to evil spirits on losing Paradise. The nails are the remnants of this dress, but they are sacred, and 'v&o ever cuts them off and throws the cuttings away does himself an injury. An old Per­ sian chronicle says thai Eve also pos- eessed this dress, and the nails were left to remind them of the loss of Para­ dise. The ancient Edda of the Scandina­ vians tells of a great ship, Naglfar, which will appear at the last day. It is made of dead men's nails, and parings should not be thrown away, nor should any one die with unpared nails, "for he who dies jso, supplies material for the building of that vessel, which gods and men will wish were finished as late as possible." The Jewish Talmud of Babylon for­ bids the Jews to leave the nail-parings on the ground, for fear of the conse­ quences to women passing over them. They should be burned or hidden away. Another old work says: " He who bums the parings of his nails is a pious man; lie who buries them is equally so; but he who casts them on the earth is an Impious man." Many Jews still care­ fully burn or bury these cuttings. These ®re taken, inclosed between two small .bits of wood and consumed. The reason alleged is that the body should be burned or buried, and that nail parings .being left above ground, the soul of the "possessor will wander abroad after his death. In Norway they are burned, or else one will have to gather the pieces ? on the last day. There are many curious beliefs in re- f;ard to the manner in which the nails hould be cut. He who has had the habit of paring them frequently will have no good luck, says Andalusian wiseacres, and he who cuts them over a fire, allowing the parings to drop into it, will become a fool. In Iceland, it is believed that any one turning toward ' the north while trimming his nails will Soon die. Norwegian peasants say you ' must use the knife with which you trim * the nails to cut something else before putting it away. If you cut with it three * times into wood you are free from any t danger of sorcery. Arabs properly re­ gard it as bad taste to bite the nails. The nails of infants are regarded with peculiar attention in many lauds. It is generally thought throughout Europe that tliey must not be cut at all until - the child has attained a certain age. In one part of France, it is said that they - must not be trimmed at all or the child will grow slowly; in another that it will -be a thief; in another, that cutting them .before the child is seven years old will destroy its wit, while the limit in still •.another part of the same country is but one year. In Germany, and in parts of England, it is said that the child will become a thief if its nails are cut while at the breast, and it is prescribed both in these countries and in France, that they ehould be bitten off, preferably by the ^mother. Many mothers in our own . country belieye this, and prefer to use no steel, biting or pinching the tender growths. « An old English proverb says: "C«i '-"Better a ohikl had ne'er been born, ' Than cut hie nails on a Sunday morn.'* , In Sicily, to avoid trouble, a piece of money is put into a child's hands the * first time its nails are trimmed. Anda­ lusian mothers carefully cut them from . Jbehind the door if they wish the child to ,be a good singer, while Northumber­ land parents bury the first cuttings under an ash tree for the same reason. It is 6aid in many parts of France, and . in many parts of. our country#f|&§&< a i^even-months child has no nails^ ,' J The Jewels in Watches. , "How is the jeweling of a watch set? "Well, it won't take long to tell all I know on the subject," said an expert in his line, as he held an autopsy on an •ncient timepiece this morning, and fossed the case into a junk box to be jinelted down. "Now, take the better class of English watches, for instance. The jewels are set in brass or gold settings., The latter are fitted into holes with counter sinks «nd fastened with screws. A great ad­ vantage is claimed for setting jewels in this Awty, There is a decided facility "lor replacing a broken or damaged jewel •without regilding the plate. In replac- ibg, a piece of brass wire of suitable thickness may be used to hold the jewel. After being turned exactly concentric to •fiie hole and of a slight taper, the wire - is adjusted to the hole in the plate pre­ viously turned out, and then it is cut off at length a little in excess of what it is .required to be. All that remains to be done is to gently drive this setting into the hole in the plate until the proper shape is attained. The replacing of a jewel in this way can hardly be de­ tected." "Is a movement with plain set jewels inferior to one with screwed jewels?" "Not at all. Persons who know noth­ ing about it think otherwise. The movement with screwed jewels has a more elegant appearance. That is the only difference except that it is more trouble to repair. All the screws and jewels must be taken out to thoroughly clean the watch."--Mail and Express. f The Yankee Farm Hand. .: ' * • •exchange gives then, following Sicture of a well-known character of >rtv years ago, but now seldom seen. This was the Yankee farm hand. The %riter says: "What an institution he Ijised to be in the days when we were young. A thoroughbred Yankee; not a drop of imported blood in his veins; strong and lithe and active and tireless •i ^intelligent, fairly well educated, skilled in his business, and, as a rule, industrious beyond the belief of this teil- hour generation. From the time he drove his ax into the woodpile in the door-yard on the 1st of April Utntil the close of the season, lifter harvesting, he expected to . work, and he did work, not from sun to sun, but from dawn to darkness, and then did the milking and fed the pigs afterward. His day was fourteen, fifteen, even sixteen h«ffirs long, and it never occurred to him that it should be ahorter. He was no specialist. He l»uld do anything. He was smart with tf scythe, handy with a hoe, cute with a cradle, and experienced with an ax. He knew how much grain and grass were required to the acre, when grass was fit to cut, and when it was hayed enough to "go in," and he did not need to be told when to drop turnip seed in the corn field, or how to put corn in the sbock. He could build a wall, make aider, shingle tli» barn, make a hay- ««K.©*DOEU>R*AITKHOG.I*WA8 8AI» to leave him to work alone. And ha got for his servioe $10, $12, possibly $15 for eight montlis and saved three-fourths of it. Then when he fcad worked eight or ten seasons and accumulated a few hundred dollars, he probably married the "hired girl," who had been at work for a dollar a week and saved half of that, Ixmglit a farm, got out of debt little by little, educated his children and sent them to the city to preach or to practice law or work in the store or shop, while he stays on the old home­ stead and sees it grow up to bushes. Care of the Hands. Because you live in the country and do housework, and even some good, honest toil on the farm itself, is no rea­ son why , vou should neglect certain little niceties of life, such as the care of your hands and teeth. You probably will not be able to keep the former white and soft as if you used them only for dainty embroidery, but a few min­ utes spent each day in caring for them will show at least that they are well kept, and the sighs of toil that cannot be eradicated you need not be ashamed of. The nails can be nicely trimmed; they cannot be even moderately long, but they may be shapely and pointed. Perhajvs yon carmot afford to buy the outfit of a "manicure," but von un­ doubtedly have a pair of email em­ broidery scissors; the file you must re­ place as best you may with the one in your penknife, or, failing that, with a piece of course sandpaper; and the chamois polisher, costing anywhere from (»0 cents to $2, you can make your­ self. Take a child's block about an inch thick and three inches wide by five long--large enough to grasp it firmly-- tack a bit of soft cloth for padding and over that a piece of chamois you keep for polishing silver on one of the edges, and you have an article that may not be ornamental, but will answer every pur­ pose. Soften your hands by washing in warm water with some good toilet soap for a few minutes, then with the small scissors trim the nails, rounding them nicely and cutting the corners verv low. With some blunt instrument (if you have not a file) push back the flesh from the base of the nails and trim away all the dead skin. Now apply your polisher and brush vigorously for a few minutes. Do this once a week, and every day spend a few minutes in the use of the polisher, and your hands will repay you in their neat appearance for the time you have spent. A solu­ tion of oxalic acid kept in a bottle with a glass stopper will remove all stainft of ink or fruit, and a match or a small stick dipped in the solution and passed under the nails will remove any discol­ oration that does not come off -with washing. Tliere is a pink powder sold by druggists for polishing, but this may be dispensed with. If, however, you get any, be sure that you get the best and not a spurious article. You should have a pair of old kid gloves, or, better still, wash leather, to wear when you are weeding in the garden or doing any housework that will admit of it. I speak with a conviction born of sad experience, for I am a farmer'6 daugh­ ter myself, and never thought of caring for my hands when I was a child. When I was old enough to care it was too late, and I have found out that no amount of after care can make up for the early neglect.--M. E. Brown, in New York Mail. A King of Gamblers. Another illustrious skinflint is com­ ing as such to the front. I mean the Prince of Monaco. That sovereignlet, I need hardly say, has followed the ex­ ample of the Landgravine, the dukes of Nassau, the grand dukes of Baden, and the Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont in making money out of a hell. His gam­ bling concessions to the Monaco com­ pany and his share in the profits of the roulette tables bring him in, and have brought him in for years, an income that amounts on an average to £600 a day. He is a widower, blind, keeps up no sort of style or state at his country seat of Le Marclius, or at his hereditary palace of Monaco, and has but one son and a grandson to provide for. I do net suppose he spends £5,000 a year. Well, when last winter earthquakes shook the rivers, Monaco not escaping, the first thought of the Prince and his partners was to keep their source of wealth up to its usual money-producing mark, so they caused telegrams to be sent to the newspapers everywhere to make believe that, as the earthquakes did not trouble Monaco, gamblers need not stay away in dread. It was only when things had got back into the old rut, and the roulette tables were in full swing, that any thought was given to the victims of the earthquake, and means resorted to for clearing up shat­ tered houses. A subscription was set on foot, which the Prince was asked to head, and he led off with £400, less than a single day's income. He stipulated, moreover, that one-half--namely £200 --was to be spent at Mentone, on his own tenants there, a town which once was under his sway, and in which he has still valuable property. The sov­ ereignty he sold for £160,000 to Napo­ leon III. a sum represented by a per­ petual income from France of £8,000 a year out of the 3 per cent. The Casino, or Hel company was not much more liberal than the blind old Prince. It subscribed £1,400, which is less than a day's profit on one of the six roulette tables, and this is to be re­ couped (and more) by another table."-- Modem Science. Pope Leo's Recreations. When the Pope is not engaged in business or devotion he drives through his orange groves and shrubberies, as­ cends a hill whence he can see the whole city, the Campagna, and the Sabine Mountains, or walks through the avenues of the Vatican, which he has had carefully kept in order. He uses the old chariot of Pius IX. for his drives, preferring it to the landaus which have been sent to him as pres­ ents by the wealthy "faithful," and in this vehicle he is driven ten or fifteen times around the gardens. By the side of a rain which stands on the top of the hill the Pope has planted vines WTRI his own hand, and these he cultivates with assiduity, being rather proud of the wine which he obtains from them. A favorite amusement of his holiness is to catch birds in a huge met, which has been specially made for him.--London Telegraph. The Lashings of Conscience. A journalists in Dakota committed suicide by drinking laudanum last week. In a late issue of his paper he spoke of "going to sleep" instead of saying that he sought "tired nature's sweet re­ storer," and it is supposed that this glaring mistake so brought upon his conscience that life became o, burden to him, and so he di----that is, to put it plainly, he shuffled off this mortal coil. Burdett**. • Sxpltthre tye-Qlaflsas. A' "Lookout!" The reporter dodged back as it he had inadvertently touched an electric coil. "Great heavens, man! Do you want to |pirn your fingers?" coptiimed the merchant excitedly. ^What's the matter?" "Matter enough. Those eye-glasses of yours are framed in celluloid, and if you keep twirling them around in yoAr lingers too near that gas jet you will have an explosio^" The reporter jtfaced the dangerous contrivance astride his nose, and the merchant, who is one of the largest dealers in celluloid goods in the city, continued his conversation where this incident had interrupted it. "Most celluloid is made in. France. Would you like to know how ? Then listen: A roll of paper is slowly un­ wound, and at the same time is satur­ ated with a mixture of five parts of sul- "plnmc acid and two parts of nitric acid, which falls upon the paper in a fine spray. This changes the cellulose of the paper into proxyline (gun cotton). The excess of the acid having been ex­ pelled by pressure the paper is washed with plenty of water until all traces of acid have been removed. It is then re­ duced to pulp, and passes on to the bleaching trough. It is this gun cotton which gives it its explosive nature. " Most of the water having been got rid of by means of a strainer, the pulp is mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent, of its weight of camphor, and the mixture thoroughly triturated under millstones. The necessary coloring having been added in the form of powder, a second •mixture and grinding follows. This pulp is spread out in thin slabs, which are squeezed in an hvdraulic press until they are as dry as ciiips. Then they are rolled in heated rollers and come out in elastic sheets. They are from that point worked up into every conceiva­ ble form. You can get celluloid collars, cuffs, hairpins, shirt-fronts, cravats, penholders, brushes, and combs, ink­ stands, knife-handles, jewelry, and everything else almost that you can imagine. I have seen in Paris a room almost completely furnished in celluloid. The curtains, the furniture, the door­ knobs, and even the matting were made of this material. You may be sure no matches were ever carried there. In­ deed, the room was never used. It was only a curiosity, at}d the mac who owned it owned the factory where it was made. These rooms will never be popular. Few men, even in this rapid age, care about being blown into the kingdom come in small fragments, scorched and scattered, and that would be the fate of the man who let a lighted match fall in such a room."--New York Mail and Express. Uncle Ben's Bats. Lay out work for to-morrovr, but do» not idle away to-day. Life is too short to engage in many undertakings, but long enough to do those well that are begun. It is said: "It takes nine tailors Jbo make one man," but one tailor can make nine dudes, ail infinitum. The American people are all making a headlong rush after immense fortunes, but which one of them can give a better reason for his conduct than a herd of stampeding Texas steers could? Treasurers and bank officials are, no doubt, as sorely tempted as Christ was on the mountain, but they should not forget that Canada is a cold country, and that the final change will be terri­ ble. M. Quad said to me the other day that he regarded Mr. William Nye as the greatest of living humorists, but I made him "confess error," as the law­ yer says, when I replied, "I presume you have never read 'She.'" When the leading newspapers shall cease to make "human beasts" notorious by mentioning them and their brutal combats, they will die out, but the race will have made a grand step toward a better civilization. He who does right from fear of doing wrong belongs to a class that are in great need of moral training, but he who does right because in his soul he loves it, will hold the key to all the words that St. Peter knows. Scientists claim that the flea can jump about faster and further than any other created thing in proportion to liis size, but I very much doubt whether they have fully studied up on the or­ dinary Congressman when he is seeking a renomination. He who attends strictly to his own business will eventually win the sup­ port and patronage of the community in which he lives, but he who is con­ tinually meddling with Ids neighbor's affairs, will, in the end, have to leave town between two days or have trouble. --Arkansaw Traveler. Just a Trifle Too Shrewd. The inaptitude of the female mind (in rare instances, we mean) to take a com­ prehensive view of a business transaction is marvelous. At' a dry-goods store in this city a woman recently called for some sort of trimming, which we will not attempt to describe, because we could not. She was told that the piece, containing ten yards, would cost her 30 cents. Then a conversation some­ thing like the following ensued: Customer--Oh, I don't want a whole piece. How much is it by the yard ? Saleswoman--We have to charge 5 cents a yard when we cut it. C.--Five cents? Well, I guess seven yards will be enough. (Here the stuff is measured.) S.--Thirty-five cents, please. C.--How much is there left? S.--Three yardB. C. (presumably mentally reckoning that ten times five are fflty)--How much for the whole ten yards ? * S. (demurely, but with an eye to business)--Oh, you can have the ten yards for 45 cents. C.--Very well, I guess 111 take ten yards. "Planks down 45 cents and de­ parts satisfied.--Newbury port Herald. Never Find a Man Doing It. "The trouble with women," said Smitherimpkins, "is that they want us to have fun their way. They want us to sit in the house and talk about the weather, sir; and to read novels, sir, and worship babies. They can't see why a man should want to go to a club or a public dinner, sir, or take in a base-ball game or a horse-race. They want us to do as they do and enjoy our­ selves their way, sir. But did you ever hear of a man wanting woman to have fun his way? No, sir; not much, sir. You never heard of any man's trying to persuade his wife to go around the corner, sir, to a nice quiet place, sir, and sit up till the cock had made him­ self hoarse with crowing, sir, and then meander home singing. Did you ever hear of any man's trying to persuade a woman to have fun that way--his way? No, six uoth^ % mJ'-- Baear. .: "• •,* • v-v'*kfc-. flie Kesatt *T VertC y 'When anything stands, a test of fifty, years among a discriminating people, it is prstty good evidence that there is merit somewhere. Pew, if any, medicines have met with Bach continued success and pop­ ularity as has marked the progress of BRANDRETH'S PILLS, which, after a trial of over fifty years, are conceded to be the Safest and most effectual blood purifier, tonic, and alterative ever introduced to the public. That this is the result of merit, and that BBANDRF.TH'S PILLS perform all that is claimed for them, is conclusively pioved by the fact that those who regard them with the greatest favor are those who have used them the longest. ^BRANDRETH'S PILLS are sold in every drug and medicine store, either plain or sugar-coated., . • * • ' •«. A-SinaH'^x. Henry Davidson, it farmer" living near Ohio City, N. Y^, noticed that a fox had established a runway through' a piece of woods, and determined to cap­ ture him with a trap. A skunk was killed and fe£t near the runway, and the fox found and ate the skunk. Then another skunk was killed and placed where the first had been, and a care­ fully concealed steel trap was set by the skunk. Next morning Davidson^ found the trap sprung," with some of the re­ mains of a red squirrel in it. The red squirrel had sprung the trap, and the fox had carried off the skunk and eaten most of the red squirrel. Then a dead­ fall, nicely adjusted, was set -with an­ other dead skunk for bait. Davidson felt very confident this time, but on going to liis trap found the skunk gone as be­ fore, and no fox there. In place of it, with its life crushed out under the heavy log that formed the trap, was a white red squirrel; that is, it was a red squirrel in every respect except the color. • Ploughing the Wave*, A storm at sea means the inevitable sea-stek- BFSB for ocean travelers. The vibration of a steamer's screw, even, is a sore trial to any bat the • strongest stomach. "Splicing the main brace," as the imbibition of a glass is Jocularly termed by sailors, is a poor substitute for the swallowing of that incomparable tranquillizer of sea-sick stomachs, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which no commercial traveler, tourist or invalid should be without in "creasing the briny," or making a tedious land journey. No unmedl- catsd stimulant of commerce is comparable for efficacy to the great invigorant. Emigrants to the Weft pronounce it a reliable preventive of malarial infection, as well ss other complaints to which hardship, iinjmre water n.nd minHmv- taiuted vapors pive life. It rar.ilerj bra:kia!i witter drinkabie and buruilens. and is a tine rein­ ed v for disorders of the stomach a:id bowels, and for kidney trouble* and rueumutibiu. VERY few- people of thh" present day ever saw or; ^an tell what a petard is*; lr.it a politician knows it is something a man.can hoist himself with o* by.-- New Orleans Picayune. Do Sot Think for a JKomrat i That catarrh will in time wear out The the­ ory f false Men irji to believe it because it would be pleasant it true, but it is not, all know. Do not let an acute au.uk of cold in tue head remain uut-ubduedL It is liable to develop into catarrh. You oan rid yourself of tin cold and avoid all chance of eatarrli by usin? Dr. Saga's Catarrh ltemody. If al­ ready afflicted rid yourself of this troublesome disease speedily by the same moaus. At all druggists. TFTB elevator boy hss much experience in the nps and downs of life.--Boston rout. Very Sensible *Uaps^f' In Japan the old-school phyBtdatitffffe per­ mitted to wear only wooden swords. This in a geutiy sarcastic way of expressing the opin­ ion that they kill euouglt people without using weapons. But the druitk'iwt who introduced Dr. I'ierce'a Golden Modioal Discovery luto the euip re carries a fiae steel blade, it was found that ail who tried this wonderful rem­ edy for coughs, eol lg, consumptive tenden­ cies, blood, skin and liver troubles, were, without exception, greatly benefited 'Hie M kiulo h;tri06.f is said to liavt* Utouo.l up" his svi-teni by its use, and the importer was therefore permitted the exceptional honor of wearing the sword oT the nob.iity. THE avernge compositor do?s not mince h|s words when he txckles a piece of pi. "ROUGH ON ITCH" Ointment cures Skin Hu­ mors, Pimple?, Flesh Worms, Ring Worm, Tetter, b'alt Rheum, frosted Feat, Chilblains, Itch, Ivy Poison,Barber's Itch, 8ca!d Head, Eczema. 50c. Druggists or maiL E. 8. Wells, Jersey City,N.J. If stli.cte l with Sore Eyes, ties Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25a Weak and Weary; DMirriVes the condition of many people debiuttted by the warm weather, by disease, or overwork, Hro-l's SarMpanlla is just fie medicine needed to build up sndlttmiittbeu the body, purify snd'qulcken the tluKdib blood, and restore the lost appetite. If yon need a good medicine, be sore to try Hood's Saiwap-rilla. 'During the summer I wis feeling *11 ron down, and tl.inking 1 needed Komethm? to tone up my Fyst?in,l took Hcod's Karsaparilla and felt much better. I had also been trouble ! w.tli dyspepsia, and Hood's Sar- * aparilla helped me more than any thine else I could filid." JAMES R. DARBOW, Fort W*yne, lad. Hood's Sarsaparilla Fold by all drnagists, ft: six for (5. Prepare<1 only by C. 1. HOOD a CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar OLD is worth f-00 per pound. Pettit's Eye Shlye $1.00', but is sold at 2T> cents a box by dealers. 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Thrnc £<ori* rwmj bec?< landed ufioaiu emHstig.lO be fenul, enspt iu tbe rerr beat etort* of America, l'st iliajr are away free; uuthing-like It ktiuuu. A frriutd benefit for all !M ladiea; l>e*ui:fult«ieg*at, choice afcoalatrly IVe«. Ws feavr exfit>ii(Jrd tlumaamls of d«»llarw in tfcla direction,and <*Ui oAkrii iHuiif it***!?, varied, and anvaf c«»i>l»<eaaaoiimeol ofrfb-bona, in evt-rv t-om-«-(vaMe altadr and widilt.and all of ext-filtnft quality, adapted fi r m*k-wear, bvnuet »triKjre,bat trimttilaga, (Hm-a, acarfw, tirvss rrittmtiug», ailk quilt work, etc., etc. boss of tbtee remnant* n«iijre tliraa yard* and upward* is 1 Thoufrii remnant*, all tke paiternt are new a»<1 late lea, aft4 be depended on at baasHful, rrflaed, feafekmabie and els* |»nt. UswIsfrtMbsx csMUisiMKft t'SMBleU A--irtiriU time elegaat rib toons Fret* The PrsedeAl Msnaekeepcr and Ladled Fireside Cssipaaios, pnblMsd monthly byn*. taao-fcnowledfsd, by tbeee competent to j«dfet to be the beat peri­odical of tfee kted Is tba world. Vvry largs sod baadaemel.r 0* hulli• ted; Mgalarprice76eta. peryear; ae»d cenfa and ws will *end it to foa for a trial year, and will aleoaend free • botoftbe ribbon*; 9iabmi|itionMiiS b*l«s,#5 cti;4 subscription* said#1. One cant poetsf* bsaeat fbr leas than fl. Get S Mandate j ttoflr 4anb*erip«toas and 4 f •dnutea. The abort offer is tba pspledieal referred to, for one year, want It thereafter, and Ku* the Ail) price fur it; it ia la after years, sad not now, we sake atoney. We make tMa mat sOar In order Is B SMMXB BSW aubacribers, who, vat new* bat aext "WEXL, Johnny, how's the new f school? Are ycrn ahead of your class?-1 'No, papa, not exactly." "How'g that?" I couldn't be, because the other boys •Harper's Young People. are. Stampiag aad Embroidery. . "T«, lizzie, I like to do fancy work, but I haven't f«l( lika trying that pattern--or any­ thing «lae--fa£ a week. Tbeae awful 'dr»i ecription IB a certain care for all those pecu­ liar weaknetBee and distressing ailments. WbT, it eyeti cured me of prolapsus, and many of uiy lady friends have been cured of various grave maladies peculiar to our sex by this wonderful medicine." It is tbe only meJicine Soi l by druggists under a positive guaraut;e from the manufacturers that it will give Bat.afactiMi in every or money refunded, llead guarantee on bottle-wrapper. CANNON on runners are employed by the Russians, but runners wouldn't be of any use as gunners in an engage­ ment.--Texas Sifting#. You can kill a stream by damming it, but you can't kill a cat that way.-- Yonkera Statesman. IT is a good discretion not to make too much of any man at first. CTironie Cough* and Colds, And all diseases of the Throat and Lunge, can be cured by the use o' Ncott'e Emulsion, as it contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver O 1 and HvpophosF'hitea in their fullest form. Is a beautiful creamy Emu.sion, palatable as milk, easily digested, and can be token by the mo£t delioatc. Please read: "I consider Boott's Emulsion the remedy par excellence in Tuberculous and Strumous Affections, to say noti.iug of ordinary colds and throat trou­ bles."--W. R. & CONNELL, IL D., Manchester, Ohio. .. j : DAB er nuffin cheapah ir mo' pleasiu' dan B'ef-satisfaction.--fhe Judge. Moxie has created the greatest excite­ ment as a beverape. in two yoars, ever wit­ nessed. from t,ho fact that it brings nervous, exhausted, overworked.women to good pow­ ers of endurance in a few days; cures the appetite for liquors and tobacco at once, and luis 'recovered a large number of cases of old, helpless paralysis as a food only. WHAT la the longest voyage recorded in the Bible? -The widow's erase. •ROUGH ON NEURALGIA." «1. Druggists. "ROUGH ON RHEUMATISM." fL&Ol Druggists. •ROUGH ON ASTHMA." fl.50. Druggists. •ROUGH ON MALARIA." tl.50. Druggists, or prepaid by Express. K K. Wells, Jersey City. The Ohio Valley Centennial Exposition. One of the most important events in the history of our country's wonderful growth and progress is the great Centennial Ex- Sosition which opens at Cincinnati on uly?4 and lusts for one hundred days, or uutil October 27. Although the enterprise is called "The Ohio Valley Centennial Exposition," or the hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the Northwest Terri­ tory, it is really a nntional exposition in every sense, as every State and Territory is represented and will have splendid dis­ plays of their productions and wares. The National Government has appropri­ ated ? 150,000 to defray the expense of the Government exhibit alone. Enormous tnses from the Smithsonian Institution and other departments at Washington have ar­ rived full of historical and art treasures of the capital and will be on exhibition. The area available for exhibition space in the several vast halls constructed espe­ cially for the occasion is nearly 5.r>(t,000 square feet, besides nearly 100,000 more square feet for reception and restaurant halls. The works of art already oa tlio ground for exhibition are insured for over $1,000,000. Cincinnati has uniformly been very successful with her expositions, but this year the public spirit and enter­ prise of her citizens have assumed na­ tional proportions and deserve national 'aupport. •ROUGH ON RATS," for rats, vice, bug*. 15ol "ROUGH ON CATARRH. * Only absolute core. 50a "ROUGH ON COHNS. " Hard or soft corns. 15a "ROUGH ON TOOTHACBB." Instant relief. I5a YOU SUFFER from Biliounnefrs, Constipation, Pilea, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Colds, Liver Trouble, Jaundice, Dizziness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, etc.-- You need Suffer no longer-- Warner's SAFE Pills Will cure you. They have cured tens of thousands* They possess these points of superiority: sugar coated; purely vegetable, contain no calomel, mercury or mineral of any kind; do not gripe; never sicken; easy to take; mild in operation; and for these reasons are especially the favorites of womern Ask for WARMER'S SAFE PILLS. nUC CTIiltY Botikkeepine, BnoinesBFnrmn. , j™ ® " 'Pmra»n*> ii>. AritbfncKf.Khort-i WlU'lU'lt J|i» •S--MIH. mm., .1 ,|^ NIT. rma*. AS*--. TITI FC A.W BUS--or aqHas. Ummt IeC»aiaklilM,*<aa|«n,i,c.t sein.oi in anien s w Mteribg sad Klmnfrapliic Oaiimc. Rrmiiic, 111, fnrdtoiuol ttx to breotB* a thmnngh. tiool kmorr, fnasa. etc. Bhurthiad. teiutht by mui. Uiim saa gsetlemea both attend. Ur.NTIOh >l..s PAfUt www ««mM DETECTIVES in Caaatv. gWW --a htttwlltl»4tetlw> la oar Hecrti Service. tiptiirMt »»l ow--rj, rwttmlaft fta*. Craasan ItetwMwtom (fett AmdaefccfcutLOL "OSGOOD** f.'l taint JetiM. , Scat on triaL FfetcbH |nud. Fully Warranted^ 3 TON $35. Ci>4* t j ,^3# "" v" *7'Vi I >; H 6LEK etc.. thoroughly taught bv niffii. Cirra'srs l.BVAXT'« Beg in Has CuLLtcK. Buffs', o. N .¥.' A iiarmlfw, positive and permanent Rsenper- >.t,ve of Fsilii:g Manhood, and Strong Nerva Blood Food, (l por liottle. Sold by druit- GLfcK CO., !B X. Stats St., Chicago. 111. P H M P C D cired without the knife, llnIIL* i n ^;0rk.<".'J^eMn:len, "*"* "• Artdreos V„ lv' U,,T r, l"OND. M. u . Aurora, Kane Oo . Ili. __MENTION THIS r*riat nu vimM n uiaaiMM. WE HEM mm sifi BALD SPOTS | Weeure these THIN KASR DANDRUFF TK:N ££AKD FALLING HAIR Other sizes nreporttos* IllustratedCatakttfc* .. .• i •tely low. Agents well paid, free. Mention this Paper OSaOOBftTHOXPSO*. SjJ r' 'T,r CUREQ^ - y n-cax.fi or KviiUr'» FK> r«Irte««. 8«>n«l fur par* tirular* of our remedy. rrCHTKH REMFDT CO., N«w Haven* Ceaa, BoxS£0L M MM U14 UIM [EW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY l0F MUSIC Boston, Mass. .TilK I.ARGF.NT end Rot K^nlpprd In we 1% opla--HO Itintnt^ori, stiidrntt !irtyr»r> Thor­ough Iiiatruction in ForaJ /nffrumMltfl ^i«no Organ j?, #\>i« Art*, Oratory, Littrmhir*, Frtnch, German and Italian Lanauagte, Xngluh IIrmncbts* Oym--« Net, air. Tuition, $5 to ; board and room with £team Deat and Klr-ctric ffi.fn) to i?.W per week. Fall Term befint Sept. 23, 1JW8, Fur inuatmted Calendar, f iviitK full information, addreso L TOUUEL Dictcktla "raiihlin ^?uare, BOBTOM. JAASB. ;• THIS IS TH« CR#AT "OHIO" TUBULAR WELL IND PROSPECTING MACHINE CHBOBS for snceesdinc whara othws bavs faQed. SELF CLEANINQ. Mil Inn •• tsH tlsws s •Kst*. - Ci1al*«<s Fid, LOOIIS A NYHAN T'FFIN, OHIO. Electrotypes. ' Bead for our n>et*in;en «!if»>t sh iirintr Portrsits of Deui<K r»t.r, K«pnb!i in, l'roiubitiou. and Ubnrew-for I'; esitlmt > n<l V,<y President, d-niensd for badpea ramra mi cm-nlar*. etc.. Electfotypsa ct which w:I be'furui-hed upon short notl e. 8p«dk men tbcetf tth to snv a<<dn>a<i. CHICACIO N! \\>PAl'EU UJffON. ••• • Kt ft 25J Vra> k in St.. Cli.cagro,|IL MARVELOUS ni' X, |M>tly thai m Well •icklstCsa HH IS tlM ••Its* ItaM. Mr<Mi7 wtfe* I .K. U. DISCOVERY. Wholly anltkn artillrlsl syatems. : Curror mind waiiilorinc. Any book learned In ana rradiac. CluMes of 10N7 st ItelUmore. tOOA ai Detroit lflOO at Plnlwtelphia, ltt.H at Washington. l«l« at Boston, lanre cla-nen of Columbia Law students, at Vale. Wellefley, Obertin. Univewlty of P*nn.. Mi h- ipan L'uiversity. Chaut.uiqtii. tr , kc. Endotssd by KICKARP PHOCTOR. the S<- entist, Hons. W.W.ASTOB*. JVDAR P. BKNJAMIM, .ludire UIOKON, I>r. Baowif, E, H. COOK, Prin. N. Y. State Normal Col see. 4c. Taught by correspondence. Prospectns posrr raut from PROF. LOISETTE. 28? Fifth Ave. N. X. 1 pro*crib« snd fallyaBo ! dorss Bir (< as the only specific for tbe certain cam or thts disease. U. H.1NGRAHAM,*. Amsterdam. R. T. We have sold Big O IMF many years, and it ksa. riven tUe best of satia> action. D. R. DYCHE A CO., Chicago, IU. I1.M. Bold by PrDCTista. No. 28 --M)t WHEN WHITING TO. ADVKKTISKB8. please say yoa n« the sdwrtbtawM ia this paper. CINCINNATI JPLY*t? OCT. 27a sEMLEmpppm GRAND IHBII Ff celebrating the Settlement at tin Nwtlumtwn Ttnltwi> UNSURPASSED DISPLAY. HCCUR8ION RATES FROM ALL POIWT#a ie OnlYI "RE . . . ( . , i ^ ; t OorvRxoirr, 188?.] The ooly medicine for woman's peculiar ailments, sold by Iruggfets. under a positive goaraalM, from the toanufacturera, : that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. Is DR. PiBItca'fl FAVOIUXB PBESCRIPTIOR. Thla fiisrantu hm *• bean printed oa the bot&le-wn^pers, and faithfully carried out for many years. . IBB OUTGROWTH OF A VAST HZPiaUENOB. , 'r The treatment of many thousands of cases of those chronic weaknesses and distreasing ailments peculiar to tansies, stfha (•Mauds' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, X. has afforded a vast experience in nicely adapting and thoroughly tiahag remedies for the cure of woman's poculiar maladies. ' % ; ' *. • ' , r; Dr. Pierce's Favor­ ite Prescription is the outgrowth, or result, of this great and valuable experience. Thousands of testimonials, received from patients* and from physicians who have tested it in tbe more aggravated and obstinate eases which had baffled their skill, A BOON To WOMEN. H SOOTHING prove it to be tho moat wonderful remedy " ~ the relief and cure of suf- ering- wotnen. It is not recommended au > **r.n oil " h K PMIMIL ever feris; • Ucure-al!," but as a mr.st perfect Specific (or womau'i pecuiiar diseases. Aa a powerful, in­ vigorating touic, it imparts streng'th to the whole sysjtem, aud to the uterus, or womb and its appendages, in particu­ lar. For overworked, "worn-out," "run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seam­ stresses, "shop-girls," housekeepers, nurs­ ing mothers, and feeble women generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being untnjuak'd as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. It promotes digestion and assimilation of food, cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloating and eructations of gas. and streugthculuS nervine, " Favorite Prescription" is utie- quoled and is invaluable in allaying and subdu­ ing nervous excitabil­ ity, irritability, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, eptisnis and other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and ds- spondcncy. I»r. Pierce'a Favorite Preaerlp- tlon la a legitimate medicine, carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly Harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. In pregnancy, "Fa­ vorite Prescription " Is a "mother's cordial." relieving nausea, weak­ ness of fUmuicli and other distressing symp­ toms common to that condition. If its use is kept up in the latter months of gestation, it so prepares A HOTKFI S tbe system for delivery as to greatly lessen, and many times almost entirely do away with the sufferings of that trying , ordeaL ; ** Favorite Pre- acrlMloat" le a Soaitlve care for te moat complicated snd obstinate cssss of leucorrhea. or " whites," excessive flowing at monthly periods, painfal men­ struation, unnatural suppression, prolap- " " ' back. WORST CASE1 " female weakneaa," ante version, retrover­ sion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation, and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, )>&:n and tenderness in ovaries, accompauicd with "internal heat." ** Favorite Prescrip­ tion," when taken in coa> nection with the use of Dr. Pit rce's Golden Medical Bis- covtry, and ssi all laxative dcais of Dr. Pierce's Pur­ gative Pellets (Little Liver Pills), cures Liver, Kidney and Bladder difr. cases. Their combined use also removes. • * blood taints, and abolishes cancerous sal v J scrofulous humors from the system. "-V L , 'i 1 r® '4 V • ,#i TREATING THE WRONu DISEASE, Many women call on their family^physicians, ia'.tTerlng.fK J_®sgine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart d)»esa% another from liver csr " " ' " they all present alike be prescribes his pills .. they _ encourages his practice until large Iflnpti bins are made. Uiv«liviUĈ liaL A/i«• 4 LaRvai D m A V V•----• X ft a ... a. A s - a j ^ * j • _ pelling ali those distressing symptoms, and instituting oomlort instead of prolonged imaery. treatment and consequent computations A proper would have entirely removed tbe disease, thereby a is- The suffering ^ t'F'A*-- 3 Pmteun Grta fttood»t. jatajTM thOTrbyaMk 4 bom far eal.r ft!; MI do It in i Aw r is tiimil on IkltBEl^-ltMMivbonat w* Mlu mom*j. W« --* vflM HCVC flOJW IltW IUu--< i < w,w, WNW, yeer, »»d 1b yw» tbirnflar, dMll MM MM Mjartl; WHM.MlwIllfcl ritj of tlnn will wtah to I--I II tlidr nb«riy-Saw. Th* wtomf n^rinl la bataanall ftactfaa at tba pric* TH wnld Ian I* m at aaj itm ' •MllvaaMMlWBt offcr iatehrribboaa. BMtl toowaiyoa wUl MI felly a Mrs. E. F. MORGAN, of X<>. 71 Ltxinrthm St., East Bi/s.'oit, Max.-., says: "Five years apo I was a dreadful sufferer from uterine troubles, ng exhausted the skill of three physi- 1,1 was compietflr discouraifod. and so weak I could with difficulty cross the room alone. I began taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and using the local treatment recommended in his 'Common Sense Medical Adviser." I commeraoed to improve at once. In three months I was t*rfertlu curat, and have hud no trouble since. I wrote a letter to m.v family paper, briefly mentioning bow my health had been restored, and offering to gend the full particulars to any one writing me for thetn. and tntiming a ufamptd-envriove for reply. I have received over four hundred letters. In reply, I have described my case and the treatment used, and have ear­ nestly advised them to 'do likewise.' From a jrrest msny I have received second letters of thanks, statinr that they had com­ menced the use of 'Favorite Pr<«eription.' had sent the $1.50 required for the 'Medical Adviser.' and had applied the local treatment so fully and plainly laid down therein, aud were much better already." Metroverted Womb.--Mrs. ETA KOHMCK, ot Orah Orchard. writes: " Dr. Pieroe's Favorite Prescription has done me a f»at d®al of good. I suffered from retroversion of toe uterus for which I took two bottles of the' Favorite Prescription,' and I am now feeling like a different woman." •oetore Fa I led.-Mrs F. Conwnr. of PastOredc.1T. T-, wHies: doctored with three or four of tbe best doctors in the® parts, nnd I grew worse until I wrote to you snd began using your 'Favorite Prescription.' I used three bottles of it vand two of the 'Oolden Medic al Discovery,' also one and a half bottles of the ' Purgative Pellets.' I can do my work and sew and walk all I care to, and am in better health than T ever expected to be in this world again. I owe it all to you* Wonderful medicines." FROM CAUFOBNUL Mrs. ED. M. CAMPBEIX, of QaMavtf.CalU ' • fortiia, writes: "1 bad been tioubtod all f,\~W- my lilc with hysterical attac ks and patv oxvsics, or spssnis, and periodK-sl «<ur- '•'zk:£r rmees of sc» err hecdache. but sintv 1 huve been using your 'Favorite Preec-ripti:>:i * 1 have had none of these. 1 also had won.b complaint so t nd thr.t ; I could not walk two blocks w itLoutthe moat severe pain, but vfc before I h:id taken your 'Favorite Prescription' two nictubs. I frf- could walk all over ihc city without inconvenience. Ail my S®- troubles seem to be leaving tne under the benign influence your medicine, and Incv feel smartty timi ly jwj^belore. My Piv: phrsieisrs told me that I eonki not be cured. rrefore yott ST bat jrpu have deaa will please accept iny everlasting thanks for for me, and may Goo bless you in your good works. Later, she writes: "It is upw four yea» rtnee 1 took your 'Fa- write Presoription.' and 1 have had no return of the female- trouble I had then." •0-;^ Well as I Ever Was^-Mrs. Jo** ftrjWAR*. of CMra*e«rs ; JViHs, ITis.. writes: "T wish to infonnyou that 1ism as welliMJ t ever wmm* for whieii I tb»nk your noemMS. I tock four of the4Firorite Prescription and 000bottic of Tour Dtovpry and four bottles of the ' Pellets.1 All of the W symptoms har» disappeared. I do all my own work: am able to be on my feet all „ dty. My friends tell me I never looked so weO. -jy « 1ST" Favorite PreaeripMon is SaM by Over/ Zarp* SottlM #1.00, Sis for $S.OO. M" Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's Treatise (lflO pages, paper coven) on Diseases of -i; Address World's Medical luilsllsai *a OSS Main Street, BerrAta. t kai^aU. mt f aapncfaMit aaW aft«rgmt (MaiL Mm? to «aa»».t p»r- lilta cat Slaoil, at awd|| ooa«,toj»«bi IrM«a.tUMataaaa. -- a. auiifrr * oo, r YOUR BUGGY for ONE Paint Friday, ran k to Church Sunday. The original *> d oaly reliable is COIT a GO'S ONB*COAT TOSOT PAIKT^ Warawtcd not » cuek. MiM*r. l>Ki. •> tana , *WU aaS to <niat at laaat aaa year. Bifbt f-nuiiaaable Shadta. Na Vanish nirnai;. a^i.. tUS s'SMaa ** Itnlj ru aiaativT^t'i ra?aO> irrrTtaa ail **Tr'~ - . A ,